The tweet included a written statement with bullet points defending former coach Art Briles and was in response to a column on Thursday in the Dallas Morning News. It addressed Briles’ knowledge of one alleged sexual assault case and his actions after the allegation was reported to Briles.

It had the names of 33 Baylor assistant football coaches and support staff attached, including defensive coordinator Phil Bennett and offensive coordinator Kendal Briles, Art Briles’ son.

Last week, a Wall Street Journal article stated that the sexual assault scandal that led to Art Briles being fired in May involved 17 women who reported sexual or domestic assaults involving 19 players since 2011, including four alleged gang rapes, according to the Baylor board of regents.

Grobe was the only member of the coaching staff who did not have his name on the statement. Grobe said he was not made aware of his staff’s plan to put out the mass tweet.

“I think our coaches wanted their perspective known,” Grobe said. “And I’m not going to step in the way of that.”

“No, we weren’t aware of (the tweet),” Baylor quarterback Seth Russell said. “But, like I said, stuff’s going to happen. We knew something was going to come out. It’s Baylor, so stuff is going to come out the day before the game. We expect that.

“We have everybody against us, so we expect something negative, positive, whatever it may be, each week. There’s something that’s going to come out. That’s the bottom line.”